Dr Gillian Kenny
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And it's proper, like, it's a proper effort.
Sending good vibes.
You've got to really hate your neighbour.
You've got to get in a boat.
You're going to get out there.
You're going to trudge up and then three times you've got certain words to say and then you turn them anti-clockwise and bang.
So the bishops used to use bells.
Very, very famous for it.
They had little hand bells which they would curse people with.
They've no special effects, do you know what I mean?
It's a big deal back then.
It was the type of theatre.
It's about power with the early Christian church.
They didn't like women doing magic because women often did love magic and magic to try and attempt reproduction.
And they didn't like that at all.
Now, there's a penitential of Finian, as it's called, which dates from 591.